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I had surgery 7/23/03. I have lost 77lbs and I have been at a stand still since 3/1. All I want to do is to lose another 23lbs which would make 100lbs. I have only been losing about 5 lbs a month for a couple of months now. It seems that I am a slow loser. I thank God for this surgery every day but sometimes I just feel very down that I can not lose a little faster. Please if there is anyone out there in my situation please let me know I just want to know that losing 100 lbs by my year anniversary is not impossible. RoseAnne

RoseAnne ~ First of all... CONGRATULATIONS, your doing great!!! Were you a "lightweight" to begin with? If so, this could explain your progress, which may I say again is FABULOUS!!! If your not already doing it, you may want to begin a food journal. I was astounded at what I was taking in all the while thinking I was eating well. I keep up with what I eat on Fitday.com I find if I don't journal I don't lose... simple as that (for me anyway) Good Luck to ya and keep up the GREAT work!

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO Girl you are doing wonderfull!! We had our surgery about the same time.. try a food log and walk walk walk, maybe add a hand held weight of 3 pounds to each hand and it will help strengthen your arms and add to the weight losses.. also help with them awfull bat wings that everyone talks about.. Keep up the work, you are doing great!! Audrey

Hi RoseAnne, May I suggest you consider the amount of your carb intake. I know that is what slowed my weight loss down. I had my surgery on 7-8-03 and have lost 110 Lbs so far and have another 30 to go. I exercise 4-5 days a week and drink 64 oz of water, but I know my weight loss slowed down because I consumed far too many carbs. Sometimes a plataue is normal, but to speed up the process again, we really need to watch our carb intake and amount of food, period! I just want to encourage you that you WILL make your goal and you have come a long way from where you started. We sometimes let the scales dictate to us, but what about the inches we are loosing, what are our size clothing saying, what is our mirror saying when we look into it and see a more slender image facing back at us that wasn't there 8 mos. ago? I know it isn't easy letting go of old habits such as the scales, but we are gastric patients now and we will weigh differently than others. Remember that we also have excess skin and that weighs approx. 15 lbs. So don't be hard on yourself and be patient my dear. I know what you are feeling, trust me, but we must not let our emotions get in our way, because they are what have gotten us into trouble in the past. We ate out of emotions most of the time. Cheer up and be glad that you aren't where you were before your WLS! And thank God that you are on your way to meeting your GOAL!!!! Keep us informed when you reach your 100 goal. Congrats! on your achievement so far. Take care and keep it one day at a time. Your Gastric Buddy, Jeannie